The Super Bowl had it lucky. That blackout lasted only half an hour. We had a
longer period of murk as the Government came to the Commons to explain the
Great Ring-Fence Reform that is going to save us from all banking disasters.

Plus, our version of Beyoncé, George Osborne, had run away to the seaside for
the day and so was a no-show in the Commons. “Why does it feel as though the
Chancellor has to be dragged kicking and screaming towards serious reform?”
demanded Labour’s Chris Leslie. Because, I thought, he’s in Bournemouth.